“They are a testament that small 80-cow dairies can not only survive in Vermont, but be profitable as well if they are as well-managed as this farm,” said Tony Kitsos, state coordinator for UVM Extension’s Farm Viability Enhancement Program and coordinator for the awards program. “The judges were particularly impressed with how well they had built their assets up in just 17 years.”

The farm has earned numerous milk quality awards from the Dairy Farmers of America Cooperative and has received Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Association awards for somatic cell counts in their milk and production.